How Does it Work?
Structural Integration works through connective tissue manipulation and education, which systematically releases chronic tension and habitual holding patterns, while at the same time re-organizing the body as a whole with respect to it's natural architecture. Structural Integration practitioners achieve this by balancing the body’s connective tissue system. Using his or her hands and sometimes the flat of the elbow, the practitioner applies pressure to the connective tissues, encouraging them to gradually let go of restrictions. The client is sometimes asked to work with breathing and movement while the process is taking place. The connective tissues release long held tensions and twists, and the structure is reorganized around anatomically efficient lines that are determined by the supportive potential of gravity. This reorganization is possible because of the responsiveness of connective tissues; remember they are extremely plastic or changeable. Just as they respond to negative factors such as trauma, they will also respond the more balanced lines of freedom introduced by the practitioners hands.

What Happens During a Session?
During a session of Structural Integration, you are on a massage table while we work together to bring balance back to your body. We use a combination of tissue work, breathing, and movement to gently release tension patterns from head to toe, while at the same time re-educating your body as to its natural balanced pattern. The work proceeds in a systematic way and as balance returns, your body lifts up with the support of gravity and becomes relaxed, fluid and light.

How Does it Feel?
Structural Integration is both gentle and deep at the same time. My experience is that deep work must be performed in a gentle manner, and I work in such a way to ensure your body doesn’t tense up with resistance. The work is at just the right depth and actually feels very pleasurable. It’s the feeling of “Yes, this is exactly what my body wants.”